Autor: |
Ismail Hanta, Funda Coskun, Aykut Cilli, Guven Ozkaya, Ahmet Ursavas, Can Sevinc |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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Zdroj: |
BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 8 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050578 |
Popis: |
Objective To learn about the attitudes and behaviours of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in relation to the difficulties experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design A cross-sectional, multicentre phone call survey.Setting Four university hospitals in Turkey.Participants The study included patients with IPF receiving antifibrotics for at least 3 months and with doctor appointment and/or scheduled routine blood analysis between March and May 2020 (the first 3 months after the official announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey).Interventions Phone calls (a 5 min interview) were performed in June 2020. A questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale were applied.Main outcome measures Patients’ preferences for disease monitoring, patients’ attitudes and behaviours towards IPF, drug continuation, COVID-19 diagnosis and anxiety/depression status.Results The study included 115 patients with IPF (82 male; mean age, 68.43±7.44 years). Of the patients, 73.9% had doctor appointment and 52.2% had scheduled routine blood testing; 54.5% of patients with doctor appointment self-cancelled their appointments and 53.3% of patients with scheduled routine blood testing did not undergo testing. Of the patients, 32.2% were on nintedanib and 67.8% were on pirfenidone; self-initiated drug discontinuation rate was 22.6%. The percentage of patients communicating with their physicians was 35.7%. The route of communication was by phone (34.8%). The frequency of depression and anxiety was 27.0% and 38.3%, respectively. The rates of drug discontinuation (35.1% vs 16.7%, p50%) of patients self-cancelled their appointments and nearly a quarter of patients discontinued their medications. Providing a documentation of the problems experienced by patients with IPF about management of the necessary requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study may be a model for patients with chronic diseases. |
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